NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order to be proposed by Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
To move that the order in which proceedings in Committee of the whole House on the Finance Bill are to be taken shall be Clause 4, Schedule 1, Clause 19, Schedule 5, Clause 23, Clauses 26 to 29, Clauses 87 to 92, Clause 131, Schedule 38, Clause 134.

Clause 28, page 21, line 23, leave out from '2003-04' to end of line 26 and insert 'section 257C(1) of the Taxes Act 1988 (indexation) shall apply in relation to section 257(1) of that Act (personal allowance for those aged under 65).'

'(11) This section shall come into force on such day as the Treasury may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, but no such order shall be made until an economic impact assessment has been made of the effect of the changes on activity and employment in the oil industry in the North Sea.'.

'6A By virtue of the presumptions against retrospection in the laws in the United Kingdom, nothing in this Schedule shall be construed as giving rise to any liability on any person nor enabling the enforcement of any other member state liability.'.

Clause 134, page 106, line 35, at end insert 'provided that the charge shall be payable in respect of every lorry using a public road in the United Kingdom irrespective of the country in which such lorry is registered.'.

'(3A) The rates at which the lorry road-user charge shall be payable shall be determined so that the total of road user charge, vehicle excise duty applicable to lorries and fuel duty raised from lorries shall not exceed the total of vehicle excise duty and fuel duty raised from lorries in the year 2002-03 subject to indexation upto the years of introduction.'.